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146. Memorandum for the Record

e Maghreb policy. Responding to my first point, he described at length his efforts the day before in New York and his disgust that most of the OAU foreign ministers won’t stand up for what is obviously right, even in their own longer term interests. Nigeria was the only other member not ready to follow the crowd. Bourguiba claimed credit for stiffening the spines of the Moroccans and Malagasy. He pointed out the delicacy of the Tunisians’ effort as white Africans to stay moderate without discrediting themselves. He said he had argued at some length with one Sudanese delegate at least to admit …